Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Baiju K G & Others Vs Dr. V P Joy dated 18/08/2022. The matter related to medical and healthcare facilities available for the Endosulfan affected areas of Kasargod. The counsel representing the victims of Endosulfan (petitioners) submit that there …
It was in February 2001 that Down To Earth broke the story. A link was established between the unusually high incidence of deformities and diseases in Padre
The protest against endosulfan in Kerala has become a symbol of struggle against pesticides in India. The pesticide industry is worried about endosulfan as much as it is of its other products. As Dave proudly puts it, "I do not defend just one molecule. I am the president for 200 …
In August 2001, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) asked the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to submit a report on the health hazards due to the spraying of endosulfan in cashew plantations in Kasaragod district within four months. ICMR in turn asked the National Institute of Occupational Health …
Pesticides are regulated under the Insecticides Act of 1968 and Insecticides Rules of 1971. In May 2000, the Insecticide (Amendment) Bill 2000, was passed under the shadow of suicide deaths of farmers because of spurious pesticides. This amendment made the punishment for adulterated pesticides more stringent. But it did little …
Call it paranoia or plain silliness. But it is amazing. The Centre for Science and Environment (cse) has been studying gas pricing in the country to assess how environmentally acceptable fuels can be promoted. My young colleague went to collect information from the Indraprastha Gas Limited - the compressed natural …
the Kerala government has lifted the ban on the use of endosulfan on crops and plantations following the recommendations of A Achuthan committee and the Kerala Agriculture University (kau) report. However, the aerial spraying of endosulfan will continue to be prohibited for all crops. The withdrawal order, which comes one …
WHEN too many words clamour with each other and obfuscate the contours of a discourse, images perhaps remain the lone source of strength for people. Recovering this primal force of images, photographer Madhuraj of Mathrubhumi daily and Bhagyanathan, an artist in Kannur, have brought together many images from the land …
"there is no evidence to implicate or exonerate endosulfan as (the) causative factor of the health problems.' It is on this inconclusive note that the Achyuthan committee has summed up its report. The panel had been set up by the Kerala government to analyse the health and environmental effects of …
This report presents compelling evidence of the considerable threats the pesticide endosulfan poses to human health and environmental integrity. In light of the evidence presented, it make a number of key recommendations to the World Health Organisation, national governments, and the agrochemical industry. Implementation of these recommendations will represent a …
"sauns sabhi ko pyari hai, Ganga maiya ki sawari hai .' This is the constant chanting that follows every splash of water as fisherfolk in Patna nudge their boats along the banks of the Ganges. And the hymn simply denotes a truth: Gangetic dolphin is dear to all and it …
The Plantation Corporation of Kerala Ltd (PCK) has been resorting to aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan for about 2 decades, 2 to 3 times an year, in 4696 ha of cashew plantation owned by it in Kasaragod district of Kerala for the control of tea-mosquito bug. From 1979, there …
IN FEBRUARY this year, Down To Earth published a cover story on the unusual cases of deformities in Padre, a village in Kasargode district, Kerala ('Children of endosulfan', Vol 9, No 19). The story was corroborated by a detailed study carried out by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) …
The aerial spraying of the endosulfan pesticide has been temporarily banned in many parts of the Kasaragod district of Kerala. The district collector, C K Visvanathan, on August 9, 2001, passed an order to this effect in response to a memorandum submitted to him by the Endosulfan Spray Protest Action …
rachel Carson couldn't have been more accurate. A disturbing silence is the overarching presence in lands doused with chemical pesticides. Not just Padre
In the face of mounting pressure from the media and civil society, the Kerala government has appointed an expert committee to investigate the unusual diseases in Padre, a village in Kasaragod district, Kerala. The village has a number of people suffering from diseases of the central nervous system, which, believe …
After receiving reports of unusual diseases from Padre village in Kasaragod district of Keralawhere endosulfan is sprayed on the cashew plantations of the Plantation Corporation of KeralaCSE offered to conduct laboratory tests on samples collected from the village free of cost. The task was planned under the guidance of Padma …
Most of them have been putting it down to a supernatural curse. Jatadhari, the guardian spirit (theyyam) of the area, is angry, believe several people of Padre village of Enmakaje Gram Panchayat (village council) in Kasaragod district of Kerala. Family after family has people suffering from diseases that were never …
Shruti , 7, lives in Vaninagar area of Padre village. The school is barely 100 metres from her house. She desperately wants to go there. But the hilly terrain of the Western Ghats and her physical handicap won't let her. She was born with three deformed limbs
